# YouTube DLP

> Use this tool when you need to analyze YouTube videos and extract detailed metadata, subtitles, or top comments for content analysis, research, or accessibility applications. It provides a robust interface for retrieving video information, subtitle content in multiple languages, and engagement-sorted comments. Ideal for use cases requiring structured access to YouTube video data, this tool offers asynchronous processing, intelligent subtitle parsing, and comprehensive language support.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/agentx-youtube-dlp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/agentx-youtube-dlp

## Description

This MCP server provides YouTube video analysis and content extraction using yt-dlp, enabling AI assistants to retrieve detailed video metadata, download subtitle content in multiple languages, and extract top comments sorted by engagement. Built by Robin with Python and featuring proxy support for restricted environments, it offers three core tools: video information extraction for metadata like title, duration, view counts, and available formats; subtitle and caption retrieval with automatic parsing and word count analysis for both manual and auto-generated captions; and top comment extraction with author identification, like counts, and special badges for creators and favorited comments. The implementation features asynchronous processing to avoid blocking, intelligent subtitle format detection and parsing, comprehensive language support with human-readable names, and detailed response formatting with previews and statistics, making it valuable for content analysis, research workflows, accessibility applications, and any use case requiring structured access to YouTube video data without manual browsing.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** social-media
- **Updated:** 2026-07-22

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/agentx-youtube-dlp)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/agentx-ai/agentx-mcp-servers/tree/HEAD/youtube_dlp_server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "agentx-youtube-dlp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/agentx-youtube-dlp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/agentx-youtube-dlp/pull`

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